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pension

[pen-shuhn, pahn-syawn] / ˈpɛn ʃən, pɑ̃ˈsjɔ̃ /


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The supervisor of New York City’s pension funds, one of the largest in the United States, asked Anthropic to postpone its stock market debut until risks posed by its artificial intelligence technology are better controlled.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

On Thursday, he said the pension funds still invest more than $285 million in Israel, primarily in equities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Find insight on pension plans, U.S. pending home sales and more in the latest Market Talks covering financial services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

She says the pension, Social Security and investments will cover anything that comes up.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

As promised, after Washington died in December 1799, Billy was freed and received a pension, paid to him every three months, and the invitation to remain at Mount Vernon, which he accepted.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Nearly a third of the education ministry's budget for 2027 will go towards pensions, according to a government report on the draft spending plan.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

In Finland, depression is the leading individual cause of both extended sick leave and disability pensions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

They’re saving because a hospital bill could wipe them out, rural pensions are a pittance and migrant workers in cities still can’t access urban social-safety nets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

His parents, both 80 and in excellent health, own their home outright and have about $600,000 in a brokerage account, in addition to pensions and Social Security.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Like Hernan Cortes, who conquered Mexico, Pizarro was born into the lower fringes of the nobility and hoped by his exploits to earn titles, offices, and pensions from the Spanish crown.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

It is the reason why James Anderson was pensioned off in 2024.

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025

The family is now composed of the same sort of banal attention-seekers and time-servers as the rest of Europe’s pensioned aristocracy, which includes Facebook-addled coup plotters and Epstein island guests of honor.

From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2023

The airline struggled with a 51-day pilots' strike between September and November 2017, grounding half its fleet and resulting in dozens of pilots being fired, while others resigned or were pensioned off.

From Reuters ● Nov. 25, 2021

It’s also an issue in the United States, although a lot of independent groups and regulators put forth measures to find homes for retired and pensioned horses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2020

“Not that it need come to that,” Mr. Owen blurted, meaning Tansy might marry and be saved before she was pensioned off.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Downpour and Inferno are states that people drive between pensioning their senators and whitegoods.

From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2022

From Berlin they learned that Handsome Adolf himself had suppressed news of the Habicht ultimatum in Germany and was thinking of pensioning or retiring him from his post as "Inspector General for Austria."

From Time Magazine Archive

With this eloquent plea, Deputy Prime Minister Vallabhbhai Patel last year won over reluctant Congressmen to his plan for pensioning off India's princes.

From Time Magazine Archive

In general, pensioning ministers has special actuarial aspects.

From Time Magazine Archive

As we have as yet completed no plan for pensioning superannuated clergymen, we do not wish to get rid of any existing deans of that age.

From Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope


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